The Osceola times., 1887-06-18

THR President 10 said 10 have pro missed
1 Adjutaut- CSseral Johnston Sea@'. ~
North Caroaaa, during his rscsph visit tc
Washington, that all the Aags taken from
the Southern States during the late war
should be returned TO those States at an
early day
Mr. PowpERLY spoke before large au
dience In Music Hall, Lynn, Mass, on the
18th. Mayor Hart presided, and speeches
were made by General Secretary Litch'
m an, Knight OF Labor, and others.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
TaE evidence against the alleged Nc
Neill TEX train-robbers failed and they
have all been discharged.
On the sth an explosion OF fire e-damp oc-
CURED In coal pit at Gelsenkirchem, In
| westphalia. Sixty-three miners arc re.
ported killed. Over forty bodies have been
recovered.
the best known men In Dakota, was In
dic,cd at Pierre, by the grand-Jury on the
charge Of cattle stealing.
OK the sth the dwelling Of A. Brown, at
Bradford, Ont, was burned Four small
children. all under ten years Of age. per-
ished In the flames The parents. with
IS the case OF Adolph Reich, at New
York, who confessed that he had killed
his wife, but claimed that 1t was done in
self-defense, the jury brought in ver-
dict of murder In the first degree with a
commendation to mercy.
OK the morning of the sth J. w. Whit
a prominent resident Of Wyoming, Pa.
while attempting TO ford the Susque-
hanna river at Forty Fort was drowned.
His body was found.
TnR German bark Elsa from Whining
ton, N. C., April 20. for London, was
picked up in the English channel aud
lowed TO Dun geness, where she sank. 1t
Is supposed she was damaged by colli-
sion. Nothing Is known Of her crew.
FREDERICK HERMAN, the religious fam
attic who murdered his child, tried to kill
his wife and then cut his own throat at
Pittsburgh, Pa, on the 9Th, died at the
West Penn hospital on the 9th. Mrs. Herr
mans condition IL still serious, but she
will recover.
A CONFLICT occurred on the 9th between
strikers and miners employed at the
Grassy Island mine, and three strikers
were shot. The Grassy Island mine is
operated by Simpson a. Watkins, Of
nine miles north OF the city.
GEORGE w. Lynch, secretary OF the
Tenth Street Crosstown railroad Zone Of
Jacob Sharpe's roads), was indicted by
the New York grand jury on the 9th for
embracery He is the man who, 1t Is
stated, requested Mr.. RAYMOND to see
favor OF Sharpe.
II .,.ta ,tt Ia ~
at Cleveland, o., was arrested on the 9th
on charge OF forgery In connection with
the will Of an aged woman who died a
few months ago. He was placed In Jail,
but was released shortly afterward on
bail. The affair causes great excitement
in political circles.
AN engine and seven freight cars,
which left Jersey City on the morning Of
the 9th, went through the draw of the
Newark Bay bridge on the Central New
Jersey roa i. Engineer Emily had his
leg broken in jumping TO save his life.
SEVERE shocks of earthquake have oc-
Cured at Vernome, In Turkestan. The
town was almost entirely destroyed. One
hundred and twenty persons were killed
and l2S were injured.
The extensive wire goods factory OF the
Fred J. Meyer Manufacturing Company,
at Covingtop, Ky, was partially de-
stroycd by fire on the 10th. Loss, t3l,G0);
covered by insurance.
A LARGE number of lives have been lost
by the recent carthquake' In Turkistan.
MAIL adv,css from New Zealand report
a number of wrecks on that coast durin &
great gale which 'evailed during the
latter part OF May. A great number OF
lives were lost.
HAvENEYER's sugar refinery at Green
Point, L. l., was destroyed by fire on the
llth.
WARREN SHERMAN, aged fifty five years
inventor OF the automatic railroad sig nal
was run down and decaptated by train
at Utica, N. Y, on the llth. Conductor
Black burn, who was examining the inven
tion at the time, was also run over and
had his left leg cut of at the knee.
TIE residence OF farmer named
James Edwards, living in township
Menota, South Manitoba, was burned on
the night OF the lith and three children,
aged seven, twelve aud fourteen, peris he'd
In the flames. + lwards and his wife
| jumped from an up-stair, window, TAX
| ing two other children, or all would have
perished.
MISCELLANEOUS.